Nariman Vakeel, a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower, beset by Parkinson's dise
ase and haunted by memories of the past, lives in a once-elegant apartment with
his two middle-aged stepchildren. When his condition worsens he is forced to tak
e up residence with Roxana, his own daughter, her husband, Yezad, and their two
young sons. The effect of the new responsibility on Yezad, who is already besieg
ed by financial worries, pushes him into a scheme of deception.
This sets in
motion a series of events - a great unravelling and a revelation of the family's
love-torn past, that leads to the narrative's final outcome.
